I played 6 matches last night, 4 of which I was continously getting lag spikes, ESPECIALLY in spectate mode

I teleport back and forth, my ping jumps up to 400-600, and then it jumps back down. Happens every two or three minutes. It might have to do with people conncting to a server, too, from what I heard. BUt i get the lag even w hen server full =(. Really sad I can't play the game at a high level anymore. Well, not as high I just die a lot more now.

I teleport back and forth, my ping jumps up to 400-600, and then it jumps back down. Happens every two or three minutes. It might have to do with people conncting to a server, too, from what I heard. BUt i get the lag even w hen server full =(. Really sad I can't play the game at a high level anymore. Well, not as high I just die a lot more now.

Doubt this would fix your issue, but have you verified your game files?

Maps are about the only thing that are really similar. The game is also different from CS 1.6 as well. GO still has the same basic concepts that the older variations of CS has always had. GO has a higher skill gap though than Source, but lower than 1.6 besides the shooting mechanics (recoil, pattern).